Showing posts with label birthday cake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday cake. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 June 2021

GRANPA ALWAYS LOVED BIRTHDAY CAKES

 Special occasions like birthdays warrant birthday cakes.

A granddaughter turns 16 so of course a special birthday cake for her.

Goodies from family. Youngest granddaughter Allegra bought special cupcakes for her cousin.


Wonderful cake with very sweet icing.

A small celebration due to COVID restrictions.

Fun can be had in small doses. 

And Granpa always liked to celebrate!!

#birthdays#sweetsixteen#birthdaycakes#granpalovestocook#adolphdimambro

Monday, 20 January 2020

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS BRING LOTS OF GOOD EATING

A brunch for Adolph's birthday and a Red Rooster Chicken dinner for mine. Birthdays bring lots of cake and good eating.

The best part is sharing with family.
#birthdaycelebrations#lotsofgoodeating#birthdaycakes#granpalovestocook#barbaradimambro#adolphdimambro

Sunday, 11 January 2015

GRANPA HAS A BIRTHDAY DINNER OUT

Locale in King City, just north and west of Richmond Hill was the location of a special birthday dinner for Barb and Me! Our 65th birthday celebration! With children, spouses and grandchildren, the table had 11 people. My favourite people! Italian cuisine! The food was tasty and fresh. I had the seafood linguine. While Barb had the patate pizza. Mixed greens, calamari and a couple of appetiser trays- cheese and salumi- a variety of salami rounded out the meal.
A beautiful birthday cake from the Artsy Baker was delicious. All edible fondant! Barb was most excited to get our joint birthday present- tickets to see Bob Seger and Silver Bullet Band. All in all a great night for the cook- and no dishes to wash!

Monday, 17 November 2014

BIRTHDAY PARTIES WITH GOODIES ARE FUN

A well planned party shows in the outcome. My littlest grandchild celebrated her first birthday. The sweet table was beautiful with goodies and the cake. This cook just enjoyed the event prepared by my daughter.
The cake by the ARTSY BAKER company was a hit with its chocolate and vanilla layers. Something for everyone's taste. My older daughter made her marshmallow treats that can be seen to the right of the picture. Simple to make and a favourite of the little kids. Picking up pizza from Grande Cheese and 7 platters of food from Longos was all the preparing I had to do. This granpa loves to cook but also loves a day off!!

Saturday, 11 January 2014

GRANPA POSTS NUMBER 101


Numbers can mean something when we celebrate a birthday. Barb always takes pictures of everyone's birthday cake. This post marks number 101 of my posts. There is no picture! How to celebrate! Barb actually makes me post! She is proud of my cooking and likes to share it with the world. I like to cook because I like to eat!! Posting on my blog is a struggle but I am told that some people actually enjoy my posts and recipes. Here's to number 101! Enjoy!

GRANPA'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION 2014

My birthday celebration on January 5 was a late  morning brunch with more breakfast items. Sausage, regular bacon and peameal bacon along with scrambled eggs were our hot items.


Fresh bagels, muffins, cookies, fresh creamed cheeses-one plain and one with herbs, smoked salmon, three cheeses-cheddar, provolone, friulano, fruit-oranges, tangerines, delicious apples, sliced pineappple, sliced cantaloup, sliced watermelon, and of course beverages which included hot coffee, milk and and orange juice. If needed ketchup and two types of jam-strawberry and grape were added to the meal.



At the end of the delicious meal, of course the proverbial birthday cake! I love this type of celebration. For those of you that really know me, I do not like to sit in a restaurant for very long. Since it was my birthday, Barb and my girls decided a home event on a Sunday between the grandchildren's lessons worked better for everyone. Everyone contributed and I tried not to tell Barb how to cook the bacon and scrambled eggs. It is very hard for a cook to stay out of the kitchen! Even though Barb can cook, I can do it better!

Sunday, 20 January 2013

GRANPA'S BIRTHDAY BRUNCH AT IL FORNELLO

A birthday brunch at a local restaurant was fun for all two Sundays ago. With a small selection of salads but lots of pizza al forno and breakfast items such as eggs benedict, it was a welcome break to enjoy being with the family without all the work. My birthday is January 7th around Epiphany in many Christian Orthodox churches. Il Fornello- the bowl- has several locations in the GTA. We have one in Richmond Hill so it is close to home. Afterwards we returned home to have birthday cake and a good espresso coffee. Lots of time to return to my favourite dishes.